Ancient China · Hegemon Ruler of Qi

Duke Huan of Qi 齊桓

Qi Huan

Attested BC 685 - BC 643

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Duke Huan of Qi was a Hegemon Ruler of Qi.

Life and dates

Attested activity

BC 685 to BC 643 齊桓
Dated from the passage context · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 157

Assessments and attributes

Assessment had clarity and ambition but failed to keep legitimate and secondary lines ordered · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · Records of the Three Kingdoms 50, passage 157

References in the histories

Records of the Three Kingdoms, Chapter 50Volume 50: Book of Wu 5: Biographies of Concubines and Ladies · 1 passage

遠觀齊桓，近察孫權，皆有識士之明，傑人之志，而嫡庶不分，閨庭錯亂，遺笑古今，殃流後嗣。 From Duke Huan of Qi down to Sun Quan, both men had a ruler's eye and a hero's drive, yet neither sorted heir from concubine-brood nor kept the women's quarters straight—so they became a byword and their houses paid for it in blood.